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romney. just hours ago, romney was saying santorum's campaign was running on fumes. >> the reagan tradition of visionary conservatism is based on proverbs and the very deep belief that without vision the people perish. i believe we need a visionary leader who's prepared to talk about a dramatically better future with dramatically more jobs, dramatically more energy and a much safer and stronger america. i think that's the key to winning this fall. not all this petty baloney but the really big choices. as i went around both states talking about $2.50 gasoline, having all sorts of folks in elite media say, that's not possible, then finally on saturday in "the wall street journal" a piece was entitled, newt gingrich is right about gasoline. and he walked through step by step why it was possible. and the fact is it is very possible. and then yesterday steven moore reported in "the wall street journal" -- these numbers are so amazing. i think the fact that i want to talk about substance is what ma
romney. just hours ago, romney was saying santorum's campaign was running on fumes. >> the reagan tradition of visionary conservatism is based on proverbs and the very deep belief that without vision the people perish. i believe we need a visionary leader who's prepared to talk about a dramatically better future with dramatically more jobs, dramatically more energy and a much safer and stronger america. i think that's the key to winning this fall. not all this petty baloney but the really...
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romney. just hours ago, romney said santorum's campaign was running on fwooirms. fumes. >> the reagan tradition of visionary conservatism was based on proverbs and the deep belief that without vision, the people perish. and i believe we need a visionary leader who is prepared to talk about a dramatically better future withdraw matally more joebs and dramaticallimore more energy and a safer and stronger america. that's the key to win. as i went around talking about $2.50 gas all folks in the media saying, that's not possible. and on saturday, a piece entitled "newt gingrich's right about gasoline." and he walked through step by step why it was possible. and then the fact is, it is very possible. these numbers are amazing. the fact that i'm willing to talk about substance is what makes this campaign different from other campaigns and that's the reason we'll go all the way to tampa to compete. we need at a time of great solutions require substance, and substance requires actually knowing somethi
romney. just hours ago, romney said santorum's campaign was running on fwooirms. fumes. >> the reagan tradition of visionary conservatism was based on proverbs and the deep belief that without vision, the people perish. and i believe we need a visionary leader who is prepared to talk about a dramatically better future withdraw matally more joebs and dramaticallimore more energy and a safer and stronger america. that's the key to win. as i went around talking about $2.50 gas all folks in...
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romney. >> people have said, you know, you're being outspent and, you know, everybody's talking about all the math and all the things that this race is inevitable. well, for someone who thinks this race is inevitable, he spent a whole lot of money against me for being inevitable. >> joining me tonight are chris matthews, host of" hardball," also with us on a special edition of "the ed show," reverend al sharpton of "politics nation" and rachel maddow, host of "the rachel maddow show." rachel, this is the night rick santorum needed a eed and it's e got. this is a northern who lost by 18 points in his last senate race, going down south deep in the heart of dixie and picking up two big wins over a guy who won georgia and south carolina. how big is it? >> that's right. this whole, i think, beseen sort of in the beltway or at first glance is a big defeat of rick santorum over mitt romney. this is a big defeat of newt gingrich by rick santorum. going down south, theying this is your strategy, your
romney. >> people have said, you know, you're being outspent and, you know, everybody's talking about all the math and all the things that this race is inevitable. well, for someone who thinks this race is inevitable, he spent a whole lot of money against me for being inevitable. >> joining me tonight are chris matthews, host of" hardball," also with us on a special edition of "the ed show," reverend al sharpton of "politics nation" and rachel maddow,...
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mitt romney. mr. romney has, in fact, argued repeatedly that he supported a national health care plan based on what he did in massachusetts, including, specifically, the individual mandate that he now decries. he may find this politically inconvenient now, but that is the truth, and it's easily accessible by anybody with the google. and he still lies about it, all of the time, over and over again. this is not a normal amount of politician lying. mr. rom lies about himself, he lies about the president, he lies about policy. he lies about everything. it is beyond a normal amount of politician lying. >> while we've got $15 trillion of debt, he's said, look, i'm going to put another $1 trillion of debt for obama care. >> that is mitt romney lying. every congressional estimate shows that the president's health reform law actually cuts the definite by hundreds of billions of dollars. now, you cannot like it for other reasons, but mr. romney says all the time that health reform adds to the deficit when in on
mitt romney. mr. romney has, in fact, argued repeatedly that he supported a national health care plan based on what he did in massachusetts, including, specifically, the individual mandate that he now decries. he may find this politically inconvenient now, but that is the truth, and it's easily accessible by anybody with the google. and he still lies about it, all of the time, over and over again. this is not a normal amount of politician lying. mr. rom lies about himself, he lies about the...
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romney. >> the degree to which mr. romney lies all the time about all sorts of stuff and doesn't care when he gets caught is maybe the single most notable thing about his campaign. >>> hi, everyone. the "news nation" is following news right now in the trayvon martin shooting case. the city of sanford, florida just announced the city manager will hold a news conference at 3:30 this afternoon. there's no word on the topic yet but it comes less than 24 hours after the city commission gave a vote of no confidence to its police chief. the vote was 3-2. the city manager says he will be giving an update on the events surrounding the investigation. we'll bring you the latest developments. meanwhile a massive rally planned in sanford has been moved to another location because so many people are now expected to attend. those are pictures from atlanta right before dozens of churchgoers packed buses bound for sanford this morning. tonight's rally organized by the reverend al sharpton is expected to be so large. it was moved to nea
romney. >> the degree to which mr. romney lies all the time about all sorts of stuff and doesn't care when he gets caught is maybe the single most notable thing about his campaign. >>> hi, everyone. the "news nation" is following news right now in the trayvon martin shooting case. the city of sanford, florida just announced the city manager will hold a news conference at 3:30 this afternoon. there's no word on the topic yet but it comes less than 24 hours after the city...
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romney's campaign. we talked about his announcement maiden speech when he launched his campaign, he told a big lie in this case about the economy. not just in his first speech, in his first ad on the romney campaign, he told an absolute black and white, no question full on, blatant lie. >> i am confident we can steer ourselves out of this crisis. we need a rescue plan for the middle class. we need to provide relief for homeowners. it will take a new direction. if we keep talking about the economy, we are going to lose. >> stop it right there. that was mitt romney's first television ad. makes it sound really bad, right, what president obama said, makes it sound awful. president obama is saying, right there, you heard him in the ad, if we keep talking about the economy, we are going to lose. i want to know what president obama really said? >> senator mccain's campaign actually said, i quote, if we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose. >> he was quoting somebody else. he was quoting somebody
romney's campaign. we talked about his announcement maiden speech when he launched his campaign, he told a big lie in this case about the economy. not just in his first speech, in his first ad on the romney campaign, he told an absolute black and white, no question full on, blatant lie. >> i am confident we can steer ourselves out of this crisis. we need a rescue plan for the middle class. we need to provide relief for homeowners. it will take a new direction. if we keep talking about the...
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. >> chris, mitt romney and the or candidates, other republicans immediately bounced though romney had his own problems. let's watch what he had to say about that. >> if he's planning on doing more and suggests to russia he is willing to do with them he's not willing to tell the american people to russia, this is without question our number one geopolitical foe, they fight every cause for the world's worst actors. >> i mean, even john boehner, initially, defended the president saying you don't criticize the president even the republican leader of the house saying, and the speaker of the house, john boehner said you don't criticize the president overseas. but the bottom line is, mitt romney, chris, said that russia is our greatest foe. some would suggest that that is a little outdated. >> well, you know, look, andrea, it's two-fold here. this is this unspoken, unstated policy that you don't criticize the president of the united states when he's on foreign soil. now i think, to be frank, mitt romney and his team saw this open mike episode as sort of too good to let pass up politically be
. >> chris, mitt romney and the or candidates, other republicans immediately bounced though romney had his own problems. let's watch what he had to say about that. >> if he's planning on doing more and suggests to russia he is willing to do with them he's not willing to tell the american people to russia, this is without question our number one geopolitical foe, they fight every cause for the world's worst actors. >> i mean, even john boehner, initially, defended the president...
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romney was on a show, yesterday mr. romney was on another fox news program hosted by megan kelly. that interview actually ended up being a little testy at times. >> you know, you're struggling, though, with folks that make less than $100,000. >> no, no, no. >> in ohio -- >> you don't win a million more votes than anyone else in this race by just appealing to high-income americans. >> no, no, no, no. point of fact here, i'm on megan kelly's side. if you are mitt romney, you do win races by just appealing to high-income americans. i mean, we've talked about this on the show. that is how he won ohio. ms. kelly was right about this, mitt romney tied or lost every other income bracket in ohio except ohio republicans making more than $100,000 a year. mitt romney cleaned up in that category and was, thereby, able to win the state, but he lost or tied with everybody else, and it was the same thing in michigan. mitt romney lost every single lower income bracket to rick santorum. everybody who makes less than $100,000 a year in those brackets, he lost. but he won so big in the electorate th
romney was on a show, yesterday mr. romney was on another fox news program hosted by megan kelly. that interview actually ended up being a little testy at times. >> you know, you're struggling, though, with folks that make less than $100,000. >> no, no, no. >> in ohio -- >> you don't win a million more votes than anyone else in this race by just appealing to high-income americans. >> no, no, no, no. point of fact here, i'm on megan kelly's side. if you are mitt...
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romney and mr. romney will win by hook or by crook? mr. gingrich addressed his supporters in alabama within the last hour and reiterated that he's not getting out and he's taking his campaign all the way to the rip convention in tampa. of course, they all say that before they get out. time will tell. >>> this may also be an appropriate time to take a step back and kwon seed one of mr. gingrich's points which is that, everybody has been wrong so far about the race to pick a republican nominee for president. the media, self included, has been wrong about who would show strength and who would be viable. but it's not just the media. it's insiders who have been really, really, really wrong about this race in guy say real insider. >> we're going to win this thing with all our passion and strength. >> that was mitt romney in marion, iowa, before the iowa caucuses predicting that he would win iowa. mr. romney, of course, lost iowa to rick santorum. now, this was mitt romney's campaign saying in a web ad that south carolina would pick a president i
romney and mr. romney will win by hook or by crook? mr. gingrich addressed his supporters in alabama within the last hour and reiterated that he's not getting out and he's taking his campaign all the way to the rip convention in tampa. of course, they all say that before they get out. time will tell. >>> this may also be an appropriate time to take a step back and kwon seed one of mr. gingrich's points which is that, everybody has been wrong so far about the race to pick a republican...
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he may think he's doing romney the most effective thing he could be doing to help romney. >> as of tonight he is. >> as of tonight he is. it should also be noted sheldon has just been hit with a multizillion lawsuit by gaming interests in macau. >> we've all been hit by gaming interests in macau. >> it would be as much of a great thought experiment as if i were newt gingrich. >> i watched the thought bubble go over his head when you said if i were newt gingrich. >> i think of myself as gingrich all the time, but that's private. even for a guy as wealthy as he is, it's got to be his numbers making him think about how much money he's wasting right now. >> is it possible that newt gingrich isn't professional enough anymore to analyze the outcome of a situation like this the way he would have and the way rational politicians who think they have a future would analyze these kinds of results? >> anything is possible, but he's been in the game for a long time. and i'd be highly surprised that once the conventional wisdom around this race becomes clear even among supporters of his that there's not
he may think he's doing romney the most effective thing he could be doing to help romney. >> as of tonight he is. >> as of tonight he is. it should also be noted sheldon has just been hit with a multizillion lawsuit by gaming interests in macau. >> we've all been hit by gaming interests in macau. >> it would be as much of a great thought experiment as if i were newt gingrich. >> i watched the thought bubble go over his head when you said if i were newt gingrich....
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romney voted in the town of belmont, outside boss opinion, the romneys own a condo there, but newt gingrich did not go to virginia today where he is registered to vote. did he not go to virginia to presumably vote for himself because that would be impossible. newt gingrich is not on the ballot in virginia, which is where he lives. neither is rick santorum, who was born in virginia and who lived there for years while he was in congress. mitt romney and ron paul are the only two candidates on the ballot in virginia competing for virginia's 46 delegates because neither the gingrich nor santorum camp pains, nor anybody else, were able to connect -- collect enough signatures to qualify to get on the ballot in november and for any virginia yap voter who wants to cast a write-in vote gingrich or santorum or anybody else, the virginia state board of elections put up this warning on their website today. virginia election law does not permit write-in votes for primary elections. and so, not even newt gingrich can vote for newt gingrich today in the great state of virginia. mr. gingrich spent the day
romney voted in the town of belmont, outside boss opinion, the romneys own a condo there, but newt gingrich did not go to virginia today where he is registered to vote. did he not go to virginia to presumably vote for himself because that would be impossible. newt gingrich is not on the ballot in virginia, which is where he lives. neither is rick santorum, who was born in virginia and who lived there for years while he was in congress. mitt romney and ron paul are the only two candidates on the...
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mitt romney as manager of foreign policy is not something we've been discussing. what's your sense of how that would go if the country made that mistake? >> he is not a guy who has ever prioritized foreign policy. he's inherited it in terms of who we brought on in the campaign. but he's trying to sell himself as presidential enough to make a plausible foreign policy gut check kind of argument. and so he talks about i will tell the iranian people. and we're all meant as the american people to think, are they going to listen to him? and he thinks that we're going to look at him and think that. it's something that republicans traditionally, over our lifetime, have thought they've had the advantage on. i don't think they have the advantage on it anymore, but it's interesting to try to see these guys compete with each other without competing about much this time around. >> i want to read something about one of my favorite pages because it's a senate debate on the first iraq war, a debate i was there for on the senate floor, and it was one of the most innobling debates
mitt romney as manager of foreign policy is not something we've been discussing. what's your sense of how that would go if the country made that mistake? >> he is not a guy who has ever prioritized foreign policy. he's inherited it in terms of who we brought on in the campaign. but he's trying to sell himself as presidential enough to make a plausible foreign policy gut check kind of argument. and so he talks about i will tell the iranian people. and we're all meant as the american people...
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romney did not continue that tradition. so this is not just he didn't pull off tennessee, fred thompson pulled it off, these others that have been profiled like him, the 1% republicans pulled it off. he didn't. so now he'll try to act like well, we didn't expect it, he did. this is going to be his big entre in the south that will keep santorum in the fight for another day. >> i wonder if this is another piece of the data how much the republican establishment endorsing you ends up being like getting on the cover of sports illustrated, it doesn't help. you have the republican support lined up for romney in tennessee, it does not translate in him winning tennessee we've seen that over and over again, south carolina and all the other places r nominee has everybody at the top of the mast head in terms of power in the state but doesn't win. >> an old fashioned tradition, endorsing, hard to make any modern case for it whatsoever. back when they had vote delivery processes that was one thing, but the idea anyone in america would lo
romney did not continue that tradition. so this is not just he didn't pull off tennessee, fred thompson pulled it off, these others that have been profiled like him, the 1% republicans pulled it off. he didn't. so now he'll try to act like well, we didn't expect it, he did. this is going to be his big entre in the south that will keep santorum in the fight for another day. >> i wonder if this is another piece of the data how much the republican establishment endorsing you ends up being...
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romney, the problem with romney, i've talked to romney many many times as recently as he was in vegas for the caucuses a few weeks ago. he's not the bold decision-maker like newt gingrich is. he doesn't want to -- every time i talk to him, he says, well, let me think about it. everything i've said to mitt, let me look into it. i'm in favor of newt gingrich because i like people who make decisions. he's a decision-maker. it appears as though he's at the end of his line. because, i mean, mathematically, he can't get anywhere near the numbers and unlikely to be a brokered convention. >> my favorite tape. sheldon adelson whose millions of dollars made newt gingrich the technically viable candidate he used to be until he determined he was at the end of his line. but his millions will probably help mitt romney take on president obama in tv this fall. that's how it works in almost every race in this country. they don't have to have strong feelings about you but if they hate your opponent to wear a button like this, you are in the money. massachusetts scott brown and elizabeth warren made a p
romney, the problem with romney, i've talked to romney many many times as recently as he was in vegas for the caucuses a few weeks ago. he's not the bold decision-maker like newt gingrich is. he doesn't want to -- every time i talk to him, he says, well, let me think about it. everything i've said to mitt, let me look into it. i'm in favor of newt gingrich because i like people who make decisions. he's a decision-maker. it appears as though he's at the end of his line. because, i mean,...
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romney. and here was mitt romney yesterday in mobile, alabama, predicting who was going to win the alabama republican primary today. >> your generosity, for your warm reception, for your hospitality and for your votes. we're going to win tomorrow. we need your help. >> mitt romney saying yesterday that he would win alabama today. mr. romney did not win alabama today. rick santorum did. which is the kind of thing that might not be as bad a blow to the romney campaign if mr. romney didn't keep predicting out loud that he would win these things he can't win. the website, buzzfeed, generalizing from the unearned declaration of confidence, quote, mitt romney always thinks he's going to win. mr. romney did not win tonight in alabama. he did not win tonight in mississippi. both those states being called by nbc news for rick santorum. in both cases at this hour, mitt romney is not even just losing to rick santorum, in both these states mitt romney is running third. joining us now at great pearl to hi
romney. and here was mitt romney yesterday in mobile, alabama, predicting who was going to win the alabama republican primary today. >> your generosity, for your warm reception, for your hospitality and for your votes. we're going to win tomorrow. we need your help. >> mitt romney saying yesterday that he would win alabama today. mr. romney did not win alabama today. rick santorum did. which is the kind of thing that might not be as bad a blow to the romney campaign if mr. romney...
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and that man is mitt romney. he doesn't appear to be winning for any other particular reason, does he? >> i suppose that's probably true. look. people keep blaming the process but you're right, he who has the most money at this point seems to be the one who has been able to make the best case in order to win. he still has this fundamental problem that i think we'll talk about for some time in that he has not been able to really win broadly within the republican party. so i guess what question you have to ask yourself is in the general election, is money going to be enough to buy love. >> that's a good question. john, when you listen to mitt romney's latest awkward outing, this time with george h.w. bush and his wife barbara bush, it became clear that republicans are sick and tired of this fight. and the bushes are calling upon the party to rally around romney. why doesn't rick santorum listen to that. >> if you're rick santorum, why should you? you've won states. you know from primary to primary, that folks defin
and that man is mitt romney. he doesn't appear to be winning for any other particular reason, does he? >> i suppose that's probably true. look. people keep blaming the process but you're right, he who has the most money at this point seems to be the one who has been able to make the best case in order to win. he still has this fundamental problem that i think we'll talk about for some time in that he has not been able to really win broadly within the republican party. so i guess what...
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romney is going to get it. these types of meetings are usually, chris, they're usually about paying off campaign debt, and they always deny it, but my guess is -- >> do you think he'll forgive mitt romney that bombing that went on in iowa that destroyed him, all that negative advertising? i heard people never forget in politics. >> what about the vp thing with santorum? is there a chance santorum is on the ticket? >> i don't think so. >> this guy is an older gentleman, he's made a lot of money in the casino business. he says it's time for gingrich to pack it up. he's bankrolling in tens of thousands of dollars. time's up. vacant the premises. let's watch. >> i'm in favor of newt gingrich because i like people who make decisions. he's a decision maker. it appears as though he's at the end of his line. because, mathematically, you can't get anywhere near the numbers and there is unlikely to be a broken convention. >> i would say he's pretty good at it. in fact, they invited us to put up some of these casinos. >>
romney is going to get it. these types of meetings are usually, chris, they're usually about paying off campaign debt, and they always deny it, but my guess is -- >> do you think he'll forgive mitt romney that bombing that went on in iowa that destroyed him, all that negative advertising? i heard people never forget in politics. >> what about the vp thing with santorum? is there a chance santorum is on the ticket? >> i don't think so. >> this guy is an older gentleman,...
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romney loses. 50-100,000, mitt romney loses. how do you win a state when you loose every single income bracket in the state? oh, again, mitt romney wins among the wealthiest sliver of the electorate. that is the only group that mitt romney won that is the only group of voters mitt romney won in michigan or in ohio. he lost the primary or at best tied with voters in every single income bracket in both states, except for the wealthiest sliver of the electorate. how do you win a state when you were only winning the wealthiest sliver and losing everything else? ah-ha. mitt romney is not just appealing to the rich people in these states. he is inspiring the rich people in these states. turns out mitt romney's candidacy is driving up voter participation by the richest people in the country. this is amazing. in 2008 in the republican primary in ohio, the proportion of voters in that primary that year that were making over $100,000, 21%. that was 2008. 21%. this year, 30%. of the electorate is making over $100,000. those are mitt romney
romney loses. 50-100,000, mitt romney loses. how do you win a state when you loose every single income bracket in the state? oh, again, mitt romney wins among the wealthiest sliver of the electorate. that is the only group that mitt romney won that is the only group of voters mitt romney won in michigan or in ohio. he lost the primary or at best tied with voters in every single income bracket in both states, except for the wealthiest sliver of the electorate. how do you win a state when you...
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mitt romney's 10 points below that. if you like republicans screw stuff up, this long drawn out process of trying to pick a nominee has been fun to much wave. has this been more than a comedy of errors for the republicans? is there a way they could turn the primary process and mess it has been this year to their advantage? for the general election? joining us steve kornacki with salon.com, nice to see you. >> sure, you too. >> is there any way for the republicans to turn what i think has been a long, drawn out primary mess to their advantage? is there a way this works for them? >> i guess the good news that comes out of this at least looking like right now the republican nominee is not going to be named rick santorum, newt gingrich, ron paul or rick perry. they will get the most electable or least unelectable option, so that helps. the other thing to look at bill clinton went through a meat grinder of a process on the democratic side in 1992, the year he got elected president. his comment when his poll numbers were low,
mitt romney's 10 points below that. if you like republicans screw stuff up, this long drawn out process of trying to pick a nominee has been fun to much wave. has this been more than a comedy of errors for the republicans? is there a way they could turn the primary process and mess it has been this year to their advantage? for the general election? joining us steve kornacki with salon.com, nice to see you. >> sure, you too. >> is there any way for the republicans to turn what i...
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the stakes are especially high in ohio where the race between mitt romney and rick santorum has been incredibly close. nbc's tracie potts joins us, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. we're in columbus, where they will certify the primary results. this is the place to be. the place to watch today because no republican has ever been elected president without winning this state. so today's primary is a key proving ground for november. both top candidates, mitt romney and rick santorum, spent their last full day of campaigning in ohio. >> we have been all over the state, from a to z, all right? akron to zainesville. >> reporter: despite a poll showing an unthenthusiastic candidate, romney insists he is winning voters. >> it's gut check time. who wants it the most. what do you say? >> reporter: rick santorum has a two point edge. a virtual tie. he focused on the flip-flop on contraception coverage. >> he will be the weakest candidate we could possibly put forward on the most important issue of today. >> reporter: santorum is also leading polls in tennessee. newt gingrich hopes
the stakes are especially high in ohio where the race between mitt romney and rick santorum has been incredibly close. nbc's tracie potts joins us, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. we're in columbus, where they will certify the primary results. this is the place to be. the place to watch today because no republican has ever been elected president without winning this state. so today's primary is a key proving ground for november. both top candidates, mitt romney and rick...
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what part of this is gooed for mitt romney? one state. >> i would say illinois is not too bad. >> that is it. look at the rest of these social conservatives and the caucuses are not going well in the heartland and north dakota, and alabama, and hawaii, who knows, and ron paul by the way is up with advertising there, and louisiana, a southern state. so this is the rest of the schedule for the rest of the month, boy, not a great schedule, if you are mitt romney. he could use this ohio win tonight. >> and i think that if i were mitt romney, and i was making a strategy looking at that calendar ahead, i would go back to the other thing that he can deploy which is the republican establishment and i would get all of the guys booked on all of the tv shows and the cable and the sundays like they have been able to do at will when they want to start trashing the other guys and be the death star and go back to winning it on tv, because he won't win it in the states, and he has to look like he is inevitable, doesn't he? >> yes, that is the
what part of this is gooed for mitt romney? one state. >> i would say illinois is not too bad. >> that is it. look at the rest of these social conservatives and the caucuses are not going well in the heartland and north dakota, and alabama, and hawaii, who knows, and ron paul by the way is up with advertising there, and louisiana, a southern state. so this is the rest of the schedule for the rest of the month, boy, not a great schedule, if you are mitt romney. he could use this ohio...
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romney over the top. the response that i got was, they may be right. it doesn't sound like the santorum campaign is terribly confident right now that this lead is going to hold. we've been surprised multiple times in this campaign. >> in terms of what the romney campaign is saying now, is the pessimism on the santorum side matched by optimism on the romney side? >> it is. they're a pretty cautious group in such situations. this is one of those crazy situations, you treat this like campaign a and campaign b. the romney campaign, compared to the santorum campaign, they have delegate counters and know where the vote is at. the santorum campaign is like a medium sized senate race, they don't have as good a whoeld on it, their view is not necessarily as informative as the promny campaign, which again for hours has been supremely confident looking at where the vote is at. >> it's interesting to think that the santorum campaign could be a little mack developian here and trying to reduce expectations so if they w
romney over the top. the response that i got was, they may be right. it doesn't sound like the santorum campaign is terribly confident right now that this lead is going to hold. we've been surprised multiple times in this campaign. >> in terms of what the romney campaign is saying now, is the pessimism on the santorum side matched by optimism on the romney side? >> it is. they're a pretty cautious group in such situations. this is one of those crazy situations, you treat this like...
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romney? he told the michigan press how wrong mitt romney was on the auto bailout on one of the biggest issues in his state. early on in the race he got the endorcement of republican congressman joe heck out of nevada. how does mr. heck express his enthusiasm for mitt romney? he informed the nevada press core that mr. romney was dead wrong on the biggest issue in his state, housing. down in arizona mitt romney gets the endorsement of randy pullen. how does randy pullen express his enthusiasm? he said, my guy has a hard time connecting with people. yes, sir, and you're not helping. former republican governor jon huntsman of utah drops out himself. he endorses mitt romney and how does he express his enthusiasm for mitt romney? >> gone are the days when the republican party used to put forward big bold visionary stuff. we're going to have problems politically until we get some sort of third party movement or some alternative voice out there that can put forward new ideas. >> by the way, vote for
romney? he told the michigan press how wrong mitt romney was on the auto bailout on one of the biggest issues in his state. early on in the race he got the endorcement of republican congressman joe heck out of nevada. how does mr. heck express his enthusiasm for mitt romney? he informed the nevada press core that mr. romney was dead wrong on the biggest issue in his state, housing. down in arizona mitt romney gets the endorsement of randy pullen. how does randy pullen express his enthusiasm? he...
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but romney has to pivot strongly. he has to demonize obama because the strongest thing going for him is so many republicans find president obama at the very least extremely distasteful. and that's a big motivator for them. >> each night, rachel maddow takes on the biggest stories of the day with in-depth analysis and guests from all sides of the issue. >>> a new york city police officer is under arrest allegedly seen on this video with another man punching someone in a nightclub. the officer was not on duty at the time. the victim was left in a coma and may have suffered brain damage. >>> in colorado, one family videotaped their narrow escape from the wildfires there that have already claimed two lives. take a listen as an older brother tries to keep his sister calm. >> daddy. >> we'll make it. we're going to be fine. >> where's mom? what is she stopping for? >> there it is. right here. >> oh, my gosh. >> it's okay. we're out. we're out. >> just frightening there. >> we may be fudging things a bit here. it's not exact
but romney has to pivot strongly. he has to demonize obama because the strongest thing going for him is so many republicans find president obama at the very least extremely distasteful. and that's a big motivator for them. >> each night, rachel maddow takes on the biggest stories of the day with in-depth analysis and guests from all sides of the issue. >>> a new york city police officer is under arrest allegedly seen on this video with another man punching someone in a nightclub....
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when mitt romney signed massachusetts health reform, what they call romney care, when they signed that into law in 2006, that law reaffirmed the long-standing mandate in massachusetts that health insurance plans have to cover birth control. in doing that, in signing that law, mr. romney signed republicans like arkansas governor mike huckabee, who also signed a law requiring health insurance in his state to cover birth control. romney did this, huckabee did this, a lot of republican governors the did this. this was a republican policy. this obama travesty of justice that would be overturned by the blunt amendment, this was a republican idea, for years! when he said he didn't think employers should be able to deny coverage for birth control. the problem is that he was stating what the republican position was on this for years when he flubbed it. republicans like mitt romney and mike huckabee were for mandating birth control coverage before they were against it. and yet today, every single republican in the united states senate except one said that they, too, were against this. republican
when mitt romney signed massachusetts health reform, what they call romney care, when they signed that into law in 2006, that law reaffirmed the long-standing mandate in massachusetts that health insurance plans have to cover birth control. in doing that, in signing that law, mr. romney signed republicans like arkansas governor mike huckabee, who also signed a law requiring health insurance in his state to cover birth control. romney did this, huckabee did this, a lot of republican governors...
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exactly what romney wanted. he took romney's advice and what does he say? does he say he inspired national reforms. does he say a democratic president has to take his approach. on his website he wrote, when is the last time a massive government cost raised the consistency of a service? dude, i don't know when the last time was but your massive government lowered cost, raised the consistency of service. and obama followed your advice when he built his program. advice that said and i quote, the federal government can do something we could not. joining me now is johnathon grubber who helped mitt romney design his program and helped the obama administration help design theirs. he is the only author of a graphic novel that has ever been written. what it is, why it is necessary and how it works. good to see you. >> good to see you, ezra. >> you advised the authors of both of the bills. you know the laws inside and out. is there a huge difference that accounts for romney signed one and is running against the other. >> it is no substantive difference. the core of t
exactly what romney wanted. he took romney's advice and what does he say? does he say he inspired national reforms. does he say a democratic president has to take his approach. on his website he wrote, when is the last time a massive government cost raised the consistency of a service? dude, i don't know when the last time was but your massive government lowered cost, raised the consistency of service. and obama followed your advice when he built his program. advice that said and i quote, the...
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romney and mr. romney will win by hook or by crook? mr. gingrich addressed his supporters in alabama within the last hour and reiterated that he's not getting out and he's taking his campaign all the way to the rip convention in tampa. of course, they all say that before they get out. time will tell. >>> this may also be an appropriate time to take a step back and kwon seed one of mr. gingrich's points which is that, everybody has been wrong so far about the race to pick a republican nominee for president. the media, self included, has been wrong about who would show strength and who would be viable. but it's not just the media. it's insiders who have been really, really, really wrong about this race in guy say real insider. >> we're going to win this thing with all our passion and strength. >> that was mitt romney in marion, iowa, before the iowa caucuses predicting that he would win iowa. mr. romney, of course, lost iowa to rick santorum. now, this was mitt romney's campaign saying in a web ad that south carolina would pick a president i
romney and mr. romney will win by hook or by crook? mr. gingrich addressed his supporters in alabama within the last hour and reiterated that he's not getting out and he's taking his campaign all the way to the rip convention in tampa. of course, they all say that before they get out. time will tell. >>> this may also be an appropriate time to take a step back and kwon seed one of mr. gingrich's points which is that, everybody has been wrong so far about the race to pick a republican...
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that is matt romney, one plaintiff romn of mr. romney's sons. the only people in kansas are rick santorum and ron paul. newt gingrich and mitt romney have left kansas alone. now, are the northern mariana islands going to decide who is the republican party nominee? well, you know, could do. in a race this weird it's at least worth watching. nobody knows what will make the difference. there is something weird thaer starts tomorrow pertains to the side bar story of the republican 2012 presidential field which is the ron paul campaign. ron paul who has won zero states including zero caucus states, mr. paul's campaign had earlier talked about having a caucus straight strategy, they have talked about having just a delegate strategy. the ron paul campaign's delegate strategy is that even in states they don't win the popular vote or even in states they don't do well in the popular vote they think they can still maybe ultimately win the state for ron paul anyway and do that by packing the delegate process at the state level. you might remember ron paul's
that is matt romney, one plaintiff romn of mr. romney's sons. the only people in kansas are rick santorum and ron paul. newt gingrich and mitt romney have left kansas alone. now, are the northern mariana islands going to decide who is the republican party nominee? well, you know, could do. in a race this weird it's at least worth watching. nobody knows what will make the difference. there is something weird thaer starts tomorrow pertains to the side bar story of the republican 2012 presidential...
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mitt romney at 28%. in both states ron paul running a distant fourth, ron paul did not campaign or spend money in either of these states. as soon as we know, you will know who has won and who has not tonight. we will stay on tv as long as that takes tonight, please stay with us. >>> nbc news can project a result in the republican primary in the great state of alabama. nbc news can project that the winner of the republican primary in alabama is rick santorum. we're still waiting for further results from mississippi, but in alabama, nbc news has called this race. this was a finding that is not totally out of keeping with the polling heading into tonight's results in alabama. but the polling in both alabama and mississippi is notoriously nonpredictive of those states' results on both the democratic and republican side. so rick santorum win tonight with 26% of the vote recorded. 35% for rick santorum. newt gingrich in second place, and mitt romney in third place. of course, these numbers will firm up over th
mitt romney at 28%. in both states ron paul running a distant fourth, ron paul did not campaign or spend money in either of these states. as soon as we know, you will know who has won and who has not tonight. we will stay on tv as long as that takes tonight, please stay with us. >>> nbc news can project a result in the republican primary in the great state of alabama. nbc news can project that the winner of the republican primary in alabama is rick santorum. we're still waiting for...
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mitt romney in the lead. mitt romney had been favored heading into this race, in part because of its proximity to the his home state of massachusetts and its relatively moderate republican voting population. but at this point, too early to call in vermont. newt gingrich has won georgia and mitt romney has won virginia. let's go to chuck todd, nbc's political director, ahead of what we will hear from ohio. what are you watching for? >> i want to make a couple of delegates points on georgia and virginia for everybody. if mitt romney, watch percentage numbers here, mitt romney gets over 50% state-wide, he gets all the at-large delegates. if he carries every congressional district, even if he doesn't get 50, he gets the rest of them, he is likely to get all 46 tonight, we will see. maybe ron paul can sneak in a delegate or somehow hold him under 50. we called it, two men on the race, not under 50. the question does he win one congressional district? the other thing is in georgia, 20% is threshold to get a delegat
mitt romney in the lead. mitt romney had been favored heading into this race, in part because of its proximity to the his home state of massachusetts and its relatively moderate republican voting population. but at this point, too early to call in vermont. newt gingrich has won georgia and mitt romney has won virginia. let's go to chuck todd, nbc's political director, ahead of what we will hear from ohio. what are you watching for? >> i want to make a couple of delegates points on georgia...
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romney is likely to be tnominee. they are seizing on anything they can to try to reverse what looks like mitt romney's trudging to the delegates he needs to become the party's nominee. so it's a little bit of romney stepping on his own message and a little bit of those guys seizing what they can. >> sure. you could say it's desperation tactics by those who see their chance, their hopes for the nominati nomination, slipping. but at the same time the romney campaign, one would argue, inflicted this wound on itself. the campaign today, a statement saying you know you have reached the end after long hard fought campaign when your opponents are waving around children's toys at campaign events. arguably also there's something that mitt romney said that perhaps they should have seized on. listen to what he said about t.a.r.p. >> there was a fear that the whole economic system of america would collapse, that all of our banks, or virtually all, would go out of business. in that circumstance president bush and hank paulson sai
romney is likely to be tnominee. they are seizing on anything they can to try to reverse what looks like mitt romney's trudging to the delegates he needs to become the party's nominee. so it's a little bit of romney stepping on his own message and a little bit of those guys seizing what they can. >> sure. you could say it's desperation tactics by those who see their chance, their hopes for the nominati nomination, slipping. but at the same time the romney campaign, one would argue,...
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that is the thing about romney. the pitch is not he has a great personality or great plan, he will be good enough. the problem two things have happened, one is the economy in the last five, six months started to show signs of life. that hurt the republicans. the second parts the republican brand, how they handled congressional majority the actions of the governors and major states around the country, because of the birth control, social issues stuff for the last month, the republican label is as bad shape as since the clinton impeach mooent -- impeachment of the 1990's. it gets attached to mitt romney more than clinton who had personality. he did not have to deal with the brand poisoning romney has to deal with. >> is that in vef eightab -- inevitable, we're seeing the republican party get less attracti attractive, didn't that happen with democrats in '08? >> the process is exposed in a way what the republican party has become and who makes up the party and forced romney to move so far to the right on so many issues
that is the thing about romney. the pitch is not he has a great personality or great plan, he will be good enough. the problem two things have happened, one is the economy in the last five, six months started to show signs of life. that hurt the republicans. the second parts the republican brand, how they handled congressional majority the actions of the governors and major states around the country, because of the birth control, social issues stuff for the last month, the republican label is...
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then romney added, and you're going to love this. ever heard of a ship called the "titanic"? it's a humorous story. rick santorum gave a speech at the jelly belly factory in california. incidentally, the jelly belly factory was also newt gingrich's nickname in college. isn't that weird? kind of a cool nickname. >> that's cool. >> jelly belly factory. >> what's up, jelly belly factory? >> a new poll found that president obama's approval rating is above 50% for the first time since last may. obama made sure -- [ cheers and applause ] yeah. obama made sure to thank the people who made that possible, mitt romney, rick santorum, newt gingrich and ron paul. >> tonight, jimmy welcomes comedian artie lange, and musical guest ed sheeran. that's "late night with jimmy fallon" on your local nbc station. >>> time now for entertainment news. at the box office this weekend, "the hunger games" still dominating, but two new films could still do well. >> you act surprised. >> well, it's amazing people are so into this. the record-breaker will take the top spot again. the only question is by h
then romney added, and you're going to love this. ever heard of a ship called the "titanic"? it's a humorous story. rick santorum gave a speech at the jelly belly factory in california. incidentally, the jelly belly factory was also newt gingrich's nickname in college. isn't that weird? kind of a cool nickname. >> that's cool. >> jelly belly factory. >> what's up, jelly belly factory? >> a new poll found that president obama's approval rating is above 50% for...